I think, in general - the chart was problematic before, and now its even a bigger mess than ever before!
The BASE model GPUs are fine. Any gamer who knows ANYTHING about the cards will know that there is a bit more performance with OC. But most people buy 8600s are not as interested in OC as someone who buys a GTX 285... so maybe 1 or 2 OC cards for reference.. but over all, its not
needed.
By separating the bottom end cards out from the top, you guys (THG) make it more difficult for low-end game card owners to visualize the difference between a $40 card and a $400 one.
We DON'T need 4 versions of the GTX 285! What are you guys doing, Advertising in the Charts NOW?! Between these 4 GTX 285 cards, the that the slowest is 90.2fps and the fastest is 91.0fps!
The chart is harder to find what you want, the text is tiny with mesess off the various brands and their model numbers.
The chart has 15 Brand specific cards that show nominal differences from the reference cards at stock speed.
DUMP THEM!
Here is an exmaple of junk:
Sapphire HD4850 1G
(HD 4850 1024 MB)
Its no faster than the stock card. Make the chart better by saying:
ATI HD4850 1024 MB (i)
Make the Card type BOLD, tad bigger font. Memory size the font you use not. the (i) can be a graphic or word for "Product details". That's it.
The colors should be:
RED = ATI
Green = Nvidia
Dark Red = ATI Cross Fire
Dark Green = Nvidia SLI
No blue, no name brands.
Include pretty much ALL current cards - so we can use them for reference... which is THE POINT of the chart.
For some older cards, include base 8x & 7x series and HD 2 series.
Because some people still use older cards, just include a handful of popular cards as long as they're PCIe like a X1900, X1600 and a 6600GT.
And to really help out people, as horrible a they are:
IGPs like an Intel GMA and and ATI & Nvidia (1 of each from current boards)
Older or lower cards:
GTX 2* (all of them)
GTS 250
GTS 150 (Find OEM card so a 150 owner knows how they scale)
9800 GX2
9800 GTX
9800 GT
9600 GT
9500 GT
9400 GS
8800 Ultra
8800 GTX & SLI
8800 GT 512
8800 GT & SLI
8800 GTS 640
8600 GT & GTS
8400 gs
8200 IGP
7900 GT
7600 GT
6600 GT
6150 IGP (if the 8200 IGP is any faster)
5200 (There is a PCIe version - a very popular useless card)
ATI:
48x0 cards - ALL (CF on 50/70/90)
4770
4670 + CD
4650
4550
4350
3870 + CF
3850 + CF (And the X2)
3650
3450
3200 IGP (On board)
2900
2600 XT
2600 Pro
2400 Pro
1900 XT (A single 1900 is fine)
1550 (Current Low profile)
Intel Onboard.